01. Portal Of Sorrow02. Broken Glass Christening03. Shrine Of Failure04. Stream Of Subconsciousness05. Karma/Death06. Horizon Of Plastic Caskets07. Mesmerized By Misery08. This Abyss Holds The Mirror09. Mourning Tomorrow10. Miscarriage Of The Soul11. Obeyer's Of Their Own Deaths12. Released From This Earth13. The Darkest Light14. Hiver De Glace

If there is one thing that I really like about the US, it's their black metal underground which has been simply blooming in the past few years. Xasthur is the project that introduced me to it, and pretty much remained my favorite act. Yet, ever since Malefic made it known that Xasthur will disband, there has been a tiny hole in my heart, one that I had thought would disappear once I heard his final opus, an album I assumed would shake me to the core. I was wrong. Portal of Sorrow makes for a clumsy, uninspired retreat from the scene by a once great band, with a few gems buried in the mud.

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----member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/

I can't belive this is his last one. I just can't. I don't know is it because I'm aware of this fact, but the album sounds so final, like Malefic is saying goodbye.... It's depressing on a whole different way than his other works. Incredible experience for me, one of his best. I'm.... speechless.

EDIT: A year and a half later, not nearly as impressed, this thing has a few superb tracks, but it's mostly very boring.